17 South Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2BT
Approved on 11 July 2023
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Single storey rear extension, new garden room and redecoration of street-facing facade
- Received
- 24 May 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Downs
- Ward
- Lewes Bridge Ward
- Agent
- Ben Jones Architects
- ReceivedReceived24 May
- ValidatedValidated24 May
- Consult.Consultation27 Jun
- TargetTarget Date19 Jul
- DecidedDecided11 Jul
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application for a single storey rear extension at 17 South Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2BT. South Downs has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Lewes conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Lewes Bridge Ward. We hold 4,320 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.
93% of heritage applications at South Downs were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- BN7 2BT
- Application type
- Listed Building
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lewes Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 May 2023
- Last date for comments
- 27 June 2023
- Target decision date
- 19 July 2023
- Permission expires
- 11 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ben Jones Architects
- Architect profile
- BEN JONES ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 47 Priory Street Lewes BN7 1HJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12145336
- Documents
- 28
- Constraints
- 23
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Lewes
- National park: South Downs
Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Associated applications
- 202324 May
Single storey rear extension, new garden room and redecoration of street-facing facade
ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongsideSDNP/23/02179/HOUS - 202324 May
Single storey rear extension, new garden room and redecoration of street-facing facade
This applicationApprovedHeritageSDNP/23/02180/LIS
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